For today's Blizzard post roundup, we have a brand-new series highlighting artists, the latest episode of Gladiator's Summit, and some clarifications on Artifact Appearances.

Fine Art of Fan Art #1

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We have some incredibly gifted artists in the World of Warcraft community. To celebrate some of these talented artists, we’re pleased to introduce a new video series: The Fine Art of Fan Art.Over the years, World of Warcraft fans have demonstrated their passion for all things Azeroth with incredible creations. We’ve been treated to paintings and drawings, sculptures and statues, machinima, cosplay, and so much more. Now we’re taking a closer look at the work that goes into some of these amazing projects.In our first episode, we meet Thomas Karlsson—a digital artist from Sweden who brings the magic of Warcraft to life with a flick of his stylus.

Check out the video below to learn more about Thomas, discover what inspires him, and follow his process as he creates an epic Varian Wrynn-inspired scene. Stay tuned for the next installment of The Fine Art of Fan Art, coming soon.

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We don't have any plans on making this appearance (Improving on History) account wide at this point in time.

As mentioned during the recent Q&A, it will still be possible to obtain the artifact appearances for transmogrification in the next expansion. The only appearances that won't be obtainable after Legion is the one awarded for doing a Mythic 15 Keystone Dungeon in time and the ones awarded by, or associated with, finishing the Mage Tower challenge.

This means you'll still be able to do the Balance of Power questline after Legion is over and get the appearance for transmogrification.

Having said all of that, I have forwarded on more of the feedback regarding specific pain points mentioned you've all been mentioning with this quest chain.

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I just posted this in another thread, but I'll mention it again here:

Any artifact appearances you've unlocked (including Druid forms) will be available as transmogrification options after Legion. I'm not privy to the specifics on how it will work regarding Druid forms, but the developers are keen to make sure you can still use those forms after Legion.

You'll also still be able to acquire appearances you haven't earned post-Legion, with the only exceptions being the Mythic 15 Keystone Dungeon appearance, and the Mage Tower appearances. If you don't earn those before the end of Legion, you won't be able to earn them after Legion - think of them as effectively the Challenge Mode sets of Legion.

Hope this clarifies. :)only to make sure: when legion ends we can use our artifact skins as transmog weapons, but only for the class? i mean i cant use thunderfury on another class am i right?

Right now I believe the current intent is that artifact weapon appearances can only be transmogged on the class the artifact was for. So to use an earlier example, Death Knight's wouldn't be able to transmog the Corrupted Ashbringer appearance from a Paladin.

I've forwarded on the other questions in this thread so if I get any more specific details I can share, I'll let you know.Morning! I've got a few updates to share. :)

Regarding the Mage Tower appearance. If you unlock your Mage Tower appearance before Legion is over, you will still be able to earn the colour variants of it post-Legion.

Likewise the colour variants of the Balance of Power appearance will still be obtainable post-Legion, with the exception of the Mythic +15 variant which needs to be obtained before Legion ends.

Prestige appearances will still be obtainable after Legion, though the exact manner in which they are earned may change.

Gladiator's Summit Episode 3

The latest Esports episode is here!

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Episode 3 is here! Watch the latest episode to find out all about the European Championship, and the four teams who qualified for the World Championship at BlizzCon.

Want to Know More?All the latest episodes of the Gladiator's Summit will be on our World of Warcraft YouTube channel. To find out when upcoming episodes will be available, head to our WoW esports website for all the latest news, and all upcoming esports events.What will the next episode be about?Next up: we will dive into finals in the other regions - to see how the BlizzCon final is shaping up and who are the ones to watch.Who’s hosting the show?All the action will be brought to you by Jackson “Bajheera” Bliton and Elliott “Venruki” Venczel. Jackson ‘Bajheera’ Bliton

PTR Testing

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Thanks for the report, Soreanan.

This issue should be resolved in future 7.3.2 builds. When engaged with a raid or dungeon encounter, Lady and the Child will now consider all monsters in that encounter as valid targets. This change was also made for Purge the Wicked and Path of Flame.

Retribution Paladins

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Retribution Paladins are nowhere near the bottom, and, like others have pointed out, that data is misleading considering there are quite a few bosses that allow us to cleave.

Currently I still see that if I have more than one target I know Divine Storm overpowers Templar's Verdict and I'm free to cleave like a madman. Retribution Paladins shine on movement and cleave which ToS is definitely a lot more friendly to us.

Of course I wouldn't object to buffs(who wouldn't) but I don't feel like we need them at the moment. This could change with our T21 set bonuses considering we'd be losing the T20 4 set that interacts so well with our talents and Crusade, however in the current state I think Ret Paladins are quite fine and pretty formidable among melee.I can't say I agree with you here. Movement is quite punishing for Ret outside of Steed. Divine Steed off GCD would be amazing right now.

True, Divine Steed coming off GCD would be nice change. However, having the option to switch to Cavalier I feel fills that need for me when I do want the additional mobility. Cavalier plus our Blessings fills any need of mobility I've encountered this tier.

With the T20 4p going away some buffs would be nice. The 4p even feels like it's made to be baseline since it makes the spec feel much more fluid. Spending that one extra GCD is annoying when you need aoe. I would like to see T21 changed though.

I agree here as well. I've become very used to the T20 four-piece and it feels very baseline to me at this point. It's going to take some getting used to for me moving away from it if that isn't changed to a baseline.

Comments

Comment by Nulgar

Right now I believe the current intent is that artifact weapon appearances can only be transmogged on the class the artifact was for.

This is of course no sign that the appearances would be useable on other specs. The question was about other classes, not other specs.

Comment by Gyrospark

on 2017-10-13T12:40:09-05:00

I feel like I need to mention this immediately:Right now I believe the current intent is that artifact weapon appearances can only be transmogged on the class the artifact was for.

This is of course no sign that the appearances would be useable on other specs. The question was about other classes, not other specs.

That what it says....? You cant use paladins ashbringer on a dk. Dk is a class not a spec.

Certain specs cant use the appearance of other specs within that class. e.g. survival hunters cant use the appearance of BM/MM hunters because they use spear while BM/MM can (will) share the appearances as they use ranged weapons. Which is a no brainer.

Comment by Padrin

on 2017-10-13T13:07:12-05:00

I really hope they stick with this current plan for artifact appearances.

Comment by Machista

on 2017-10-13T13:31:50-05:00

Will we be able to do the Artifact quests lines, earn the toys/pets/mounts from broken shore also after legion ?

Comment by Dblbaconator

on 2017-10-13T13:58:55-05:00

Glad they clarified the challenge appearances, I was curious whether the tints would also need to be acquired before Legion ended or just the base skin. The thought of needing to win 120 RBGs across twelve characters in a limited timeframe was not appealing, let alone killing heroic KJ repeatedly.

Will we be able to do the Artifact quests lines, earn the toys/pets/mounts from broken shore also after legion ?

I don't see why not, they're just optional questlines at this point. But at the current AK level, it takes very little time to grind out 52 traits, so long as there's a few world quests granting AP up on either the Broken Shore or Argus. When I went to the Broken Shore to finish up my class mount quest on my priest (my least-played alt), I think I started at 35 traits and hit 52 or 53 easily by the time I was done with the world quest section. That was a couple weeks ago as well, so it'd be easier now.

If you're worried, just take a day of questing and get your artifact(s) powered up. Incredibly easy.

Comment by Castrum

on 2017-10-13T14:12:14-05:00

Still wondering how they'll ever reconcile coming down from the Artifact Trait high we're on right now. Start of next xpack, losing all those passive buffs and active abilities, you're going to feel completely gimped for the rest of time.

Comment by stym

on 2017-10-13T20:29:31-05:00

Still wondering how they'll ever reconcile coming down from the Artifact Trait high we're on right now. Start of next xpack, losing all those passive buffs and active abilities, you're going to feel completely gimped for the rest of time.

I'm pretty sure this will be addressed in the pre-patch. Some of the bonuses will become baseline, the exact same way WoD leveling perks went away. others will disappear and I strongly suspect we'll get hit with another stat squish this time around, which will hide the differences quite nicely.

Comment by callofthewild

on 2017-10-13T22:20:03-05:00

One thing I want to know for sure is if the artifact skins we can transmog can only be used for certain specs. I'm a BM hunter, and I (and many others) think Titanstrike is one of the ugliest weapons in the game. However, I LOVE the Thas'dorah bow! So pretty! I would be the happiest BM hunter ever, if I could have that transmog next expansion.

Comment by Istaro

on 2017-10-13T23:24:18-05:00

Still wondering how they'll ever reconcile coming down from the Artifact Trait high we're on right now. Start of next xpack, losing all those passive buffs and active abilities, you're going to feel completely gimped for the rest of time.

It appears that they're fine with that—I still feel very gimped without my WoD leveling perks, not to mention certain key glyphs.

Comment by Sielinth

on 2017-10-13T23:32:39-05:00

Still wondering how they'll ever reconcile coming down from the Artifact Trait high we're on right now. Start of next xpack, losing all those passive buffs and active abilities, you're going to feel completely gimped for the rest of time.

it's pretty easy tbh, every xpack they rip out most of our active and passive abilities and either discard them or re create them to have new effect / do something slightly different

I'm mostly just curious what the story is going to be for us to hang up our artifact weapons (and maybe go back to weapon drops)

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